d. c. mike. so us officials say look, we're closely watching developments in georgia. what more they've been saying that well, us officials deeply concerned about the situation in georgia state department spokesman saying that to the us supports the freedom of assembly, the right to protest in any country. this is a basic right. he refrain from criticizing the georgia government directly, but made very clear his belief that this proposed legislation could have a massive impact on the georgia people. and indeed, the georgians relationship with the west chances of joining the you and of course, the relationship with russia, the ongoing conflict in ukraine. so all of these factors come together. this is what the state department spokesman had to say. we're, as we said consistently in recent days, deeply troubled by the recently introduced draft for an agent laws which is actually made law, would stigmatize in silence independent voices and citizens of georgia who are dedicated to building a better future within their own communities. parliament's advancing of these kremli

d. c. mike. so us officials say that closely watching developments in georgia, what more they been saying? yes, very much so they say they deeply concerned about the potential for violence within ga. first of all, the state department spokesman magnet price made clear that the right to protest is a universal one. at the same time, he called on both protesters and the government and to keep the proceedings non violent to maintain a peaceful atmosphere as these protests continue, that's the spokesman declined to directly criticize the georgian government. but at the same time, he made very clear the u. s. position on these controversial new draft laws. this is what ned price had to say. we're, as we said consistently in recent days, deeply troubled by the recently introduced draft for an agent laws which is actually made law, would stigmatize in silence independent voices and citizens of georgia who are dedicated to building a better future within their own communities. parliament's advancing of th

mike. hannah joins us live from washington, d. c. said mike, how does this play into trumps bid for president? could it help him or hinder him? well, it's a very good question nerd trump himself and some of his followers indicate that they think it could help him. a trump himself prematurely announced that the indictment was coming some 10 days ago. some believed with the intent of rallying his supporters of getting them out in the streets as he nakedly asked his supporters to do. at the same time, his opponents point out that this emphasizes what they see as the many flaws and tramps characters which they believe disqualify him from holding office even running for office. so there are 2 sites, this particular coin. but what we hearing already from republicans is a chorus of this is a witch hunt, a chorus of this is attempting to influence the election from the speak of the house. kevin mccarthy. he's described this as weapon icing. our sacred system of justice against donald trump. the governor florida rhonda santos, who may well be

about the c o protestations that there is no link to the chinese government, and that there is no loose of tick tock data by the chinese authorities. mike hannah, joining us from washington d. c. thanks very much, mike. of your pin government her the point to the senior official in the t grey people's liberation front of the head of a new interim. why regional government get to, to re does appointment comes just a day off the t p l f was removed from list of terrorist organizations establishing a temporary government was a crucial part of the peace deal. last year that ended fighting between to grow and rebels and government troops, the conflicts of kill tens of thousands of people enforce millions more out of their homes. well, the p still between the government and the t p l f was fined in november last year . it ended 2 years of war. the fighting started in november 2025 minutes to be met order the military offensive against the p. p l. f. in response to what he said were tax on army bases. the government declared a truce in march last year to allow humanitarian aid entity gray. the u. n. had repeatedly called for an end to the violence and using both sides of committin

mike, hannah reports from washington, d. c. the white house from the national security council, the state department, there's absolutely no confirmation whatsoever of the report. a spokesman from the national security council, john kirby said, only that several western allies of the united states, in particular, germany, denmark, and sweden, all carrying out an investigation into who was responsible for that attack. this investigation he says, is ongoing. now, throughout the month and since that attack occurred in september, there's been repeated speculation about who was responsible in initially it was alleged that russia was responsible. even recently there's been an accusation that it was the us. but the just reflects the vacuum that has existed within asserting blame for this attack. the head of rushes when mercenary group says his fighters have taken the eastern part of a lot in east and ukraine, and an audio message on her telegram channel getting pretty goes and said the units have taken the territory to the east of the

deny allegations they and equally fun per union employees and spied on work has mike hannah reports from washington d. c. for decades, howard schultz was held as an example of benign us capitalism. his company was the 1st to offer ownership equity and a strong benefits package. and now it says it offers a minimum wage of over $17.00 an hour among the highest in the country. right, the committee chair though, sees another picture over the past 18 months. starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal union busting campaign. in the modern history of our country, that union bustling campaign has been led by howard schultz. starbucks has become the focus of intense criticism by labor groups were legibly trying to crush attempts by individual stores to unionize. every day we wake up thinking about how we can put our people 1st, put them in a position to win, into everything we can to demonstrate the conscience, the heart, and the values of starbucks. coffee company, great. and there was support from a number of committee members don't derive one of the great american sex sir success stories. i don't wan

mike has more from washington d. c. the white house from the national security council. the state department, there's absolutely no confirmation whatsoever of the report. a spokesman from the national security council, john kirby said, only that several western allies of the united states in particular, germany, denmark, and sweden, all carrying out an investigation into who was responsible for that attack. this investigation he says, is ongoing. now, throughout the month. and since that attack occurred in september, there's been repeated speculation about who was responsible in initially it was alleged that russia was responsible. even recently there's been an accusation that it was the us. but the just reflects the vacuum that has existed within asserting blame for this attack. thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia capitol tbilisi against a controversial so called for an agent spell opponent say it's on democratic and could hurt the country's chances of joining the buddy corpus. the site of georgia parliament, demonstrators stood their ground against riot pol

that is, mike had a live in washington d. c. to take here now where people are marking ramadan and make shift shelters after last months. devastating. earthquakes. thousands depend on aid to survive. wrestle said thy reports from a cat, a displaced people in the city of the amman. o, an unusual ramadan in a d. m. o. the 1st prayer of the muslim holy month is held in a makeshift moscow. oh, grandmother is not only about fasting, it's also a time for joy and celebration. oh, but not this year. father. sure it is difficult to slip. braid from are done in a 10 city conditions are difficult. i would never have imagined slip rating ramadan without a roof over our heads. muhammad gazelle and his family used to live in a 3 story house. it collapsed when the 2 portal earthquake structure, kia and syria in early february. the gazelles among about 5000 people who, how south shelter here. they all depend on your mac, on his mit, the video that we provide to meals p dave tower into a hole in the coming days will also have a temporary stage f

let's get more on this with mike canada, who's following the situation force washington, d. c. so willy hills or won't be arrested. it really depends on who's talking right now. yes. and what this information is based on donald trump, saying that he received this information from what he calls illegal leaks within the last few minutes. a spokesperson for donald trump confirms that there has been no official notification that this information comes from what the spokesperson calls illegal leaks out of the manhattan district attorney's office. now this is in connection according to trump's tweet on social media. that it's in connection with the hush money paid to, to women long period of time ago, but paid during the 2016 campaign. now we do know that a grand jury has been investigating this matter. we do know that comes form a lawyer, michael cohen, who allegedly orchestrated the payment of this money to the 2 women has appeared before that grand jury. but what is interesting is that this is probably the least consequential of the many legal actions taking place against donald t

mike, hannah joins us live not from washington, d. c. so might fast moving developments with this. what is the very latest you can tell us is indeed that when he mentioned the piece on his social media page, that donald trump is just written among those many sentences as well. he said that this is an attack on our country, the likes of which has never been seen before. it's likewise an ongoing attack on our free and fair elections. now to put this into a context yesterday 24 hours ago, unexpectedly the same social media page, donald trump wrote, i have gained such respect for this grand jury and perhaps even the grand jury system as a whole. so 24 miles is a long time because the grand jury has now indict to donald trump despite the fact that he had gained such respect for it. what happens next? well, the indictment will be served on donald trump's lawyers. he will then be given the option to surrender to a manhattan court, or if he doesn't, he could well be arrested. but then you've got a situation that trump remains in florida as he is at present. there has to be an extradition d

in washington, d c judge ruled trump's former vice president mike pence must testify this along with the hush money investigation in manhattan. adds to the growing legal troubles facing donald trump. cnn's paula reid has the latest on both cases from new york. according to court sources. the grand jury hearing evidence in the hash money investigation into former president trump will not hear any more evidence in that case this week, suggesting that prosecutors still believe they have more work to do before bringing this case back before a grand jury and before moving on to a possible vote on an indictment now in the ongoing federal investigations. it's a bad news for former president trump as a federal judge has ordered that former vice president mike pence must testify about conversations he had with trump in the lead up to january six, the former president had tried to assert executive privilege. but now investigators will be able to get details about conversations between trump and pence during what investigators have described as a pressure campaign on the former vice president.

mike hannah in washington, d. c. thank you. is plenty more head on this news hour, including another round of talks to try and end one of europe's longest disputes the u. hopes. both sides will accept its proposal to ease tensions and the world number one's title defense at indian wells comes to an end. peter will have all the sport later the cell. ah, torque is foreign minister says his country looks forward to normalizing relations with egypt. man looked travel, travel shore luez in cairo where he's been meeting egypt, foreign minister. it's the 1st official visit by senior turkish delegation in more than a decade. this comes a few weeks after some a shook re made a humanitarian visit to turkey and syria, to shore egypt support after 2 major earthquakes. for so sort our reports on this from a stumble. it was a significant, they enlisted between turkey and egypt, turkey, as for a minister mode of social, or nearly after a decade for the 1st time, was in cairo, and he has met his egyptian counterpart, the relations between tric

mike hannah has more from washington d. c. but we do know that this is yet another example of speculation about who was responsible for that pipeline attack. the new york times quotes what it calls an identified intelligence sources who provided this information, saying that the a u. s. intelligence has surmised that a was a ukranian resistance group, however, both state department and the national security council are refused to confirm or even deny this report, no discussion whatsoever about it. so as yet, this report is entirely unsubstantiated. apart from those unnamed un and identified sources, thousands of protesters have rallied in georgia as capsule tbilisi against the controversial so called foreign agents. bill protestors are worried it could impact the hopes of joining the european union. george's president intends to veto the law . 2 of 4 americans who were kidnapped in mexico on friday had been found dead to others, have been released and being treated at a u. s. hospital. the group was abducted by armed men, whil

mike pence. today, recorder spotted attorneys for trump heading into the d. c. federal courthouse, where the grand jury investigating the mar-a-lago documents case and the january six riots, where they were meeting behind closed doors, one of the special counsel prosecutors investigating january six of the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was also spotted entering the building. you know who else was there? an attorney named emmett flood, who represented former vice president mike pets, he was spotted entering the building. we now know that attorneys for trump, pans, and the doj prosecutors met behind closed doors, in a field hearing before the d. c. chief judge of the special counsel ongoing battle to compel pence's testimony before the grand jury. if you are wondering, why trump's attorney were in the mix there it's because they've claim that executive privilege should prevent the former vice president from testifying. and they're making that case to the judge. as a reminder, jack smith subpoenaed pants for his testimony back in february, and abc news now

d. c., as part of the team -- but subpoenaed to former vice president mike pence, these hearings focused on whether pence must testify about his dealings with trump, around january the 6th, the lawyers for trump appeared to be at odds with the former vice, nbc news puts, it they argue pence can't testify, because of executive privilege. pence argues he's immune from testifying for legal protection for lawmakers, he says he is acting for president of the senate as part of the electoral vote count, as opposed to part of the executive branch. come on, guys get your excuse straight. , meanwhile in new york, no word from the grand jury in the stormy daniels hush money case. the jury is expected to meet again on monday, but we did hear from alvin bragg's office in the form of a letter to house republicans flatly requesting rejecting any requests for information with hush money case. one house democrat had this reaction for the republican demand. >> i was astonished actually when i saw the letter from the three committee chairs. to mr. bryan. essentially calling on him to violate grand jury sec

former vice president mike pence says history will hold donald trump accountable for january 6th strongest public comments against his one time boss came saturday to washington, d. c gala. pence also said trump was wrong for claiming pence could overturn the 2020 election. former vp is fighting what he's called an unconstitutional subpoena to appear before trump special counsel jack smith also declined to testify before the january 6th committee. it's not the super bowl, but the ads were actually really good during last night's oscars, and one in particular got a lot of attention. teaser for season three of only murderers in the building. it aired. featuring acting legend meryl streep, the oscar winner herself, is seen during a script reading and seemingly surprised that well, it's her line. paul red is also involved in that reading. by the way he's from kansas city. he's heard telling series regular martin short that he's so site. if you know the show, you're likely asking for how long though you watch, don't but i mean, you told that the series also features steve martin. selena gomez, you watch the show . yeah so, so good. it's fantastic. everyone it's on. tell

mike pence. he was speaking at a summit in d. cand, you know, of course he's been, you know, saying that this was an outrageous move. but he also said that this indictment will only serve to further divide our country. we're already seeing the divisions playing out especially from, you know top republicans saying that this was politically motivated. but could our democracy withstand this? especially you know with, you know the toxic political situation that you know we continue to be in. well we're certainly headed. i think for a rough moment, and i don't deny anyway. the partisan tensions and the intensity and animosity that we're probably going to see in the next couple of years. but i think long term if the democracy is going to survive if the institutions are going to survive, then they have to mean something. they have to stand for something and officials have to be held accountable when they don't live up to those expectations into those standards, so you know, we've been in moments of great tension and violence before we hav

mike cannot for the moment. thanks very much. the update from washington d. c. over more on this, we're joined by don ives, a tech analyst, wed bush securities in new york. good to have you with us. how would you rate showed to choose performance during this session? well, 1st me was a tough situation to begin with. vibrate the disaster relative. but i think for the questioning answers left in terms of, you know, ultimately my data perspective, what that back says, aging or trying to can ab toward it. and i think ultimately weaves the black guy where now it feels like a banner for staff is like way on the horizon, the tick tock. but how either of those things put in place of ban of take talk on private phones or forced sale to a us company that might not even want her. yeah, well, i mean, this is going to be like a siamese twin operation. this sort of separate 14 by dance and take a look at the game, a high stakes poker. and ultimately it is the govern bed arm comes out and basically where it says officially, the band, these can really go a few ways, one by danc

. >> today, lawyers for both former vice president, mike pence, and ex president, donald trump, appeared before a federal judge in washington, d. c.. they presented arguments in the ongoing debate over whether pence must comply with the subpoena for special counsel, jack smith, and justified about trump's actions around january 6th. the former vice president claims that he should be immune from the subpoena because he was acting as president of the senate on january 6th, rather than as a member of the executive branch. the lawyers for trump are arguing that pence is protected under executive privilege. at the same time, one of trump's lawyers, who was present at the hearing today, has also been fighting and ordered to testify against trump. evan corcoran lost his bid in appeals court this week and is expected to testify in the case about trump's handling of classified documents as soon as tomorrow. glenn kirschner served as federal prosecutor for 30 years, including his time as assistant u.s. attorney in washington, d. c.. and karen friedman agnifilo, i was going to mess your last name of, karen, i apologize. agnifilo, sorry. >>

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former vice president mike pence says history will hold donald trump accountable for january 6th strongest public comments against his one time boss came saturday to washington, d. c gala. pence also said trump was wrong for claiming pence could overturn the 2020 election. former vp is fighting what he's called an unconstitutional subpoena to appear before trump special counsel jack smith also declined to testify before the january 6th committee. it's not the super bowl, but the ads were actually really good during last night's oscars, and one in particular got a lot of attention. the teaser for seaso three of only murderers in the building, it aired. featuring acting legend meryl streep, the oscar winner herself is seen during a script reading and seemingly surprised that well, it's her line already is also involved in that reading. by the way he's from kansas city. he's heard telling series regular martin short that he's so site. if you know the show, you're likely asking for how long though you watch, don't but i mean, you told that the series also features steve martin. selena gomez, you watch the show. yeah so, so good. it's fantastic. everyone it's on. tell

mike. so many of the people who were lined up here this morning said that they were very relieved by the f d i. c s decision to use some of their own funds to help bridge this gap while they sell off svb s assets, but there is still a big question for anybody who had loans with the bank, including several san francisco housing projects. for them, the future is very uncertain. the stress of silicon valley bank. sudden collapse was clear on monday as a long line of clients lined up to get cash from the santa clara headquarters. we still owe a lot of money to people we have hired and i'm here for them after friday's f d i c take over the u. s. treasury department and federal reserve were quick to step in announcing that all of s vbs $200 billion assets would be sold off, and clients eventually would receive all of their deposits. even for clients whose balance exceeds the $250,000 fbi see insurance limit. americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. deposits will be there when you need them. president biden and others cauldron investigation and transparency. we must get the full ac

mike pence. the former vice president does have to testify to the grand jury investigating january 6th federal grand jury in washington, d. c not only does he have to testify, but he will have to testify about conversations he had with donald trump himself leading up to january 6th. so that crucial piece of information that the justice department has sought and that pence has sort of divulged in his public speeches and in his book previously but that the grand jury has not heard about yet. the conversations before january 6th when donald trump and mike pence were on the phone, one on one, and donald trump apparently was berating him, calling him names that sort of thing in this criminal investigation. he is gonna have to share that now we have confirmed to that this ruling came down yesterday in the d. c district court from the new chief judge, jeb boasberg. he also shot down donald trump's arguments that the conversation should be protected because of presidential secrecy. executive privilege so trump lost in this court fight and pence does have to testify about some of these things. but pence also got a little bit of a wi

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d. c where trump and pence lawyers were earlier this afternoon, kaylin what do we know about the arguments that those lawyers have been making? well these arguments are coming after mike pence, was subpoenaed to testify in the january 6th investigation. remember this is a separate criminal investigation than the others we've been talking about. it's the january 6th investigation being led by the special counsel's office here in washington. newton. and what we know now evan present and i could confirm that there has been fighting over two fronts here. donald trump's team wants to limit what mike pence is willing to say to the grand jury by claiming executive privilege, basically trying to block him from divulging what might have happened in conversations between the two, the president and the vice president. pence's team is also preparing to fight on the speech or debate clause side of things, the speech or debate cause it's in the constitution and what it does is, it basically allows congress to have a lot of protections. what they're going to be arguing is that mike pence should have those protections because on january 6th he was an officer of the senate. so that is

boxes mike emanuel has more now from washington, d c. americans want accountability, especially as it pertains to their children. more than a year after the nationwide shortage of baby formula left families scrambling to find nutrition for their infant children of former top food safety official says his agency was slow to respond to the contamination concerns at an abbot plant in michigan. had the agency responded quicker to some of the earlier signals. i believe this crisis could have been averted. frank yana served as the deputy commissioner for the food and drug administration during the height of the shortage, but has since resigned . the nation remains one outbreak one tornado flood or cyberattack away from finding itself in a similar place to that of february, 17 2022 on the same day as the house hearing, the fdaational strategy focused on strengthening the baby for. the market. part of the plan ang ways to mitigate future supply disruptions, even with the best structure, leadership and resources, the fda is only as well equipped